Re: a lot of accidentals. how do I notate them?

[Sarah k Alawami]

Hey thanks for your explanation. it is helping a bit. how ever I think it is 
still complaining about this measure

d4 e! g4. f8 e

If I recall though it is 

d, e natural, g, f, e flat. so Do I need to mark it as an e flat at the end of 
that measure, the error I get is unexpected '!' and I think it is that measure 
it's having a connection about. I'm not looking forward t the violin 2 part as 
that one will be tricky, but I'll get to that as soon as I make this error 
free. lol!

thanks for dealing with such a slow learner lol! the manual is helpful but 
sometimes it can be less then  explanatory even to a musician who has been 
playing for over 20 years lol!

Take care all and be blessed. I'm taking  a brake from this for now. I need it!


On Mar 1, 2013, at 1:54 PM, David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:

> Sarah k Alawami <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>> Ok. I know how to notate the sharps and flats but I might have missed
>> in the big manual how to notate naturals and there are a lot of them
>> in this piece.
> 
> I think I understand your problem.  You think that aes writes a flat,
> and bis writes a sharp.  This is _not_ how LilyPond works.  Instead you
> write the pitch you want to hear.  LilyPond will decide by its own rules
> when it needs a sharp, a flat, or a natural.
> 
> What you write as a is _always_ played on a white key, what you write as
> fis is _always_ played on a black key.
> 
> -- 
> David Kastrup
> 
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